Comments on: Jets Floating Overtures to Trade Down

By: Bent

Bent — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:53:25 +0000

Gholston had one of three sacks Long gave up in college (Long himself was quoted as saying it was two, but I have film of three!), but Long’s not an elite pass protector, his main strength is his run blocking.

By: 96debacle

96debacle — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:11:41 +0000

Funny thing Bent, I was going to say we move back and pickup the best Blocking TE on the board…

in all seriousness Becht I am for moving back and picking up Jolley a CB in the mid to late rounds.
We do need a WR to replace Coles in a few years. I’m just not impressed with the WR crop this year. I think Hardy is a terrible pickup. yea he has the height and speed that you want, but have you seen is off the field issues? Sounds like a future Bengal to me.

Its great we have so many options. the one thing I can say is a constant though is youth. we can get a young guy that doesn’t “Have” to start this year and groom him giving us depth at any position that makes sense at the spot we are drafting at. be that at 6 or 4 or 18.
We finally get to draft for the future and add a quality backup for depth. Hey maybe even a starter! But it does not “HAVE” to be.
is it Saturday yet?

By: dakar

dakar — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:57:20 +0000

wether we keep the 6th pick or trade down…i say we pick 1 side of the ball and pick our needs…if we decide to trade down and go defense then we should pick olb,ilb,de and cb with our 1st 4 picks…not in that order but we’ll at least have our needs met on defense…

if we choose offense then we should pick a wr,2 ol for depth,rb and qb…not in that order but at least we would have our needs met once again…just my thoughts…

By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:27:13 +0000

obviously hart would be a low round pick

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:23:28 +0000

I feel we’re definitely on the right track.
Again, the point of the 4-3 weeding comment was that these guys had to do an extreme makeover, which still requires more time.
In 2 years time, I’m confident, we’ll be able to let the draft come to us, as opposed to drafting defensively (not intended literally) and forcing all top picks to start right away. They won’t all be as smooth as Revis and Harris.

By: JustAGreenGuy

JustAGreenGuy — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:22:57 +0000

C long over Gholston IMO. Gholston will get sacks Long will give you 10 years of solid play and is a good character guy. Mangini would kiss him if they could pick him.

By: comesimangia

comesimangia — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:19:04 +0000

ESPN says the dolphins have signed Jake Long…didn’t gholston record the only sack he ever allowed in college or something? That would be fin to watch twice a year wouldn’t it?

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:17:28 +0000

Justagreenguy,
I wasn’t knocking Tangini. I’m amongst their biggest advocates. I was simply stating that the Pats are fully in stride, while we’re still working out the kinks of a new administration that didn’t have the wind at their backs, in terms of previous drafts (Nuge, et al), talent that worked in their defensive scheme (Vilma, D-Rob).
BB replaced a hall of fame coach (Tuna) that had his team in a Super Bowl a few years before, so the growing pains were much less severe.

By: DSmizzle

DSmizzle — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:16:05 +0000

If the JETS picked Mike Hart, I’d become a Pats fan!

By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:13:21 +0000

Michael Hart would be a great pick at RB. Hard Nose runner